चटक

See also: चातक

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• चिटक (ciṭaka), चटिका (caṭikā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চটক (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬝᬓ (Balinese script)
• চটক (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰘𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀝𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• စဋက (Burmese script)
• ચટક (Gujarati script)
• ਚਟਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌟𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦛꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂗𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಚಟಕ (Kannada script)
• ចដក (Khmer script)
• ຈຏກ (Lao script)
• ചടക (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠᢞᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘘𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠠᢌᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑦸𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐚𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଚଟକ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢜꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆛𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖘𑖎 (Siddham script)
• චටක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩦𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚔𑚊 (Takri script)
• சடக (Tamil script)
• చటక (Telugu script)
• จฏก (Thai script)
• ཙ་ཊ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒙𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨔𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A compound of चट (caṭa) +‎ -क (-ka, “doer”), with the first element probably being an imitation of the sounds made by the bird.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ.ʈɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕɐ.ʈɐ.kɐ/

Noun

चटक • (caṭaka) stem, m

1. a sparrow

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of चटक
Nom. sg.	चटकः (caṭakaḥ)
Gen. sg.	चटकस्य (caṭakasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चटकः (caṭakaḥ)	चटकौ (caṭakau)	चटकाः (caṭakāḥ)
Vocative	चटक (caṭaka)	चटकौ (caṭakau)	चटकाः (caṭakāḥ)
Accusative	चटकम् (caṭakam)	चटकौ (caṭakau)	चटकान् (caṭakān)
Instrumental	चटकेन (caṭakena)	चटकाभ्याम् (caṭakābhyām)	चटकैः (caṭakaiḥ)
Dative	चटकाय (caṭakāya)	चटकाभ्याम् (caṭakābhyām)	चटकेभ्यः (caṭakebhyaḥ)
Ablative	चटकात् (caṭakāt)	चटकाभ्याम् (caṭakābhyām)	चटकेभ्यः (caṭakebhyaḥ)
Genitive	चटकस्य (caṭakasya)	चटकयोः (caṭakayoḥ)	चटकानाम् (caṭakānām)
Locative	चटके (caṭake)	चटकयोः (caṭakayoḥ)	चटकेषु (caṭakeṣu)

Descendants

• Prakrit: *𑀘𑀟𑀬 (*caḍaya), *𑀘𑀺𑀟𑀺𑀕 (*ciḍiga), *𑀘𑀟𑀺𑀬 (*caḍiya)
  • Assamese: চৰাই (sorai)
  • Bengali: চড়াই (coṛai)
  • Hindi: चिड़ा (ciṛā), चिड़िया f (ciṛiyā)
    • → Bengali: চিড়িয়া (ciṛiẏa)
  • Punjabi: ਚਿੜੀ (ciṛī)
  • Romani: ćiriklo, ćirikli
  • Odia: ଚଟିଆ (caṭiā), ଚଢ଼େଇ (caṛhei)
  • Sylheti: ꠌꠠꠂ (soṛoi)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चटक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 382/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “саñāсā- - caṭaka-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 176
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “caṭaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 248